The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Week
This week, you can catch Ice Cube and Cypress Hill, feast on bottomless ribs, and watch dachshund and corgi races at a dog market.
The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Week
Heading back to the ol' daily grind can be pretty damn awful after a bright and shiny weekend of picnicking, bar hopping and patting dogs that aren't yours, but luckily Brisbane's a 'keep the ball rolling' kind of city and has plenty of events, exhibitions, theatre, film festivals and live music for you to inject a little awesomeness into your week. Sure, use Monday for Netflix. Then get out there and sink your teeth into Brisbane's best happenings this week.
Top image: Katie Bennett.
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Arts & EntertainmentLost in Palm Springs
The Gold Coast's HOTA, Home of the Arts is paying tribute to a different sunny city, taking inspiration from the Californian spot's art, architecture and design.
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Arts & EntertainmentMeet the Artists
Don't just check out pieces by Vernon Ah Kee, Judith Wright, Sandra Selig, Eugene Carchesio and more — watch interviews with them, too.
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Arts & EntertainmentWe Are Electric
This free exhibition explores energy through art, pondering extraction, extinction and the world's post-carbon futures.
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Arts & EntertainmentNot On Your Rider 2023
Brisbane's 'Spicks and Specks'-style IRL music game show is back for another year of quizzes at The Triffid.
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Arts & Entertainment'The Rocky Horror Show' Broadcast Live to Cinemas
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, this cult-hit musical is beaming its current Sydney season live into cinemas for one night only.
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Food & DrinkStanley Chef Series: Clayton Wells x Louis Tikaram
Acclaimed Sydney-based chef Clayton Wells is heading to Howard Smith Wharves to whip up a one-night-only banquet.
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Design & StylePortside Wharf Easter Market
Hit up this riverside market to browse for Easter treats, nab a free ice cream and see adorable bunnies.
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Travel & LeisureVEND Doggo Day
The northside's permanent marketplace is going to the dogs for a day with themed market stalls, dachshund races, a dog photo booth and more.
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Arts & EntertainmentThe Sound Society at Roma Street Parklands 2023
Listen to free live music in stunning natural surroundings once a month.
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Food & DrinkScenic Rim Farm Gate Trail 2023
Twenty-five of Scenic Rim's primary producers are inviting Brisbanites down to their farms to enjoy their food, brews and wares.
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Travel & LeisureYot Club 2023
The next-level party boat has two bars, a stage and a dance floor — and it's sailing through Brisbane for another year.
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Food & DrinkRose Festival by City Winery 2023
Spend a Sunday drinking pink and stomping grapes in West End.
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Arts & EntertainmentFelons' Cinema Sessions
Brisbane's riverside CBD brewery is improving your Tuesdays with free flicks in its Barrel Hall.
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Arts & Entertainment'The Room' Monthly Screenings 2023
The worst movie you'll ever see never stops selling out screenings.
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Arts & EntertainmentIce Cube, Cypress Hill and The Game: 2023 Australian Tour
This impressive lineup is a 90s and 00s hip hop and rap fan's dream come true.
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Arts & EntertainmentDisney 100: The Concert
This 100th-anniversary Disney concert will play all your favourite Mouse House songs with a live orchestra.
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Food & DrinkAll-You-Can-Eat Monday–Friday at The Bavarian
Every weekday for two weeks only, The Bavarian is serving up all-you-can-eat deals.
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Arts & EntertainmentOf an Age
Australian cinema gains a new queer classic with this tender Melbourne-set romance from 'You Won't Be Alone' writer/director Goran Stolevski.
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Arts & EntertainmentCity Symphony
Spanning a century of cinema, these GOMA sessions pair movies about cities with stunning new live soundscapes.
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Arts & EntertainmentJohn Wick: Chapter 4
The 'John Wick' films keep getting bigger and better, with Keanu Reeves joined by martial-arts icon Donnie Yen in this globe-hopping action epic.
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Food & DrinkSunshine State High Tea
W Brisbane's new thrice-weekly spread uses native ingredients to dish up bites inspired by Queensland.
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Arts & EntertainmentPearl
Mia Goth is magnetic again in this gem of a prequel to Ti West's 2022 slasher standout 'X'.
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Arts & EntertainmentCuriocity Brisbane 2023
With each experience at the 2023 festival, you’ll be called to consider where art ends and science begins.
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Arts & EntertainmentShazam! Fury of the Gods
Apart from casting Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu and 'West Side Story' star Rachel Zegler, this sequel to 2019’s 'Shazam' is hardly magical.
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Arts & EntertainmentMeet Me in the Bathroom
The Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and NYC’s early-00s indie-rock scene get the in-the-moment documentary treatment by the directors of 'Shut Up and Play the Hits'.
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Travel & LeisureVictoria Park Candyland Putt Putt 2023
Celebrate Easter by tap, tap, tapping your way around Victoria Park's candy-themed mini golf course.
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Arts & EntertainmentSunset Cinema Brisbane 2023
Catch Oscar-nominees, classic comedies and the latest 'John Wick' flick at Northshore Hamilton.
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Food & DrinkHouse of Chocolate
Add white chocolate margaritas and loaded brownies to your Easter feasts at Cowch Dessert Cocktail Bar.
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Arts & EntertainmentAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed
In this piercingly empathetic documentary, 'Citizenfour' Oscar-winner Laura Poitras turns her attention to photographer Nan Goldin and her fight against the family behind OxyContin.
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Food & DrinkLet's Lunch at Howard Smith Wharves 2023
Tuck into a cheap weekday lunch with a riverside view at Howard Smith Wharves.
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Arts & Entertainment65
Watching Adam Driver fight dinosaurs isn’t as spectacular as it should be, but this average flick isn’t an extinction-level event either.
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Arts & EntertainmentAustralian Geographic: Our Country
Focusing on Australia's natural wonders, this immersive exploration features unseen footage from 25 different cinematographers — including a frequent David Attenborough collaborator.
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Travel & LeisureAdults-Only Mini Golf Night
Tingalpa's new 16-hole jungle-themed mini golf course with a cocktail bar throws weekly boozy parties just for adults.
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Arts & EntertainmentTo Leslie
Forget the controversy surrounding Andrea Riseborough's Oscar nomination — she’s remarkable in this powerful character study.
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Arts & EntertainmentAlliance Francaise French Film Festival 2023
Brisbane's annual French cinema showcase is back with a 39-movie lineup spanning zombies, comedies, thrillers, tender dramas and more.
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Arts & EntertainmentDinosaurs of Patagonia
A massive dinosaur exhibition featuring the largest-known land animal ever is roaring into Queensland Museum.
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Arts & EntertainmentScream VI
The slasher franchise’s sixth instalment unleashes Ghostface upon a new city, but happily keeps stabbing its way through familiar territory.
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Arts & EntertainmentPop Masters: Art From the Mugrabi Collection, New York
The Gold Coast's Home of the Arts is bringing pop art royalty (with a side of New York cool) to the Sunshine State.
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Food & DrinkBeats and Eats 2023
Overwater bar Will and Flow is livening up Thursday nights with pizza, rosé and DJs.
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Travel & LeisureFeel Good Program Autumn 2023
Bend, stretch, splash and dance your way through autumn at South Bank's free exercise classes.
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Food & DrinkCrab and Cray Cray 2023
One Fish Two Fish is hosting five-course shellfish banquets over one crab and crayfish-filled month.
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Food & DrinkAll-You-Can-Meat Wednesdays 2023
Feast your way through unlimited pork belly, chicken schnitzels, chicken wings and German sausages.
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Food & Drink$9.95 Schnitzel Tuesday 2023
Tuck into $9.95 schnitzels one day a week at The Bavarian.
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Arts & EntertainmentOHM
Peaches, Future Islands and 'Pan's Labyrinth' with a live score lead Brisbane's new "festival of other music", ΩHM.
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Arts & EntertainmentImaginaria
A multi-sensory playground with light-filled mazes and inflatable bubbles is taking over South Bank.
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Arts & EntertainmentHamilton
Brisbane, it's your turn to be in the room where it happens, with Lin-Manuel Miranda's phenomenal musical coming to QPAC.
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Arts & EntertainmentMelting Into Air
GOMA is pairing its spectacular 'Air' exhibition with free films about the essential element, including Studio Ghibli flicks, sci-fi gems, David Lynch wonders and more.
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Food & DrinkBottomless Gin Brunches 2023
Sip gin cocktails, sangria and Pimm's cups over a shareboard brunch.
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Food & DrinkCheese Wheel Wednesdays 2023
Eat creamy pasta scooped out of a wheel of cheese every week.
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Arts & EntertainmentThursday Jazz Club 2023
Pair more than 100 different rums with silky tunes every Thursday night.
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Food & DrinkNautilus Beach Club
Brisbane's only swim-up pool bar is hosting a summer-long Amalfi-themed beach club with seafood, spritzes and DJs spinning tunes.
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Arts & EntertainmentPlay Moves
Museum of Brisbane's latest free exhibition is filled with art you can interact with.
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Arts & Entertainment'Air' at GOMA
Expect an exhibition that works to peel back the layers of the invisible, ethereal element that life cannot exist without.
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Travel & LeisureTides of Brisbane Boat Tour 2022–23
Hit the water from the City Botanic Gardens to spend two hours floating past historic landmarks.
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Arts & EntertainmentPlay/ground
Thirty-seven artworks have taken over the CBD's light boxes, banners and outdoor display cases — and some are being projected at Howard Smith Wharves, too.
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Arts & EntertainmentMaking Place: 100 Views of Brisbane
With artwork dating back two centuries, this city-focused exhibition surveys pieces that've captured Brisbane and its changes.
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Food & DrinkSundays at City Winery
Sip frosé slushies, hit up the oyster bar and listen to live tunes at Brisbane's inner-city winery.
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Food & DrinkSky-High Sundays
Brisbane's latest rooftop bar is serving up soda cocktails, Mediterranean-inspired dishes and R&B tunes every Sunday.